RETELL Strengthening teaching and learning for English language learners is central to closing the proficiency gap. Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners (RETELL) is a Department initiative to improve and support the academic achievement of English language learners in our Commonwealth. RETELL brings a systemic approach that combines professional development for Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) teachers designed to enable them to make rigorous content accessible to their English learners. Moreover, new curriculum standards and assessment for ELLs will undergird RETELL. RETELL will require that SEI teachers and the administrators who supervise them to complete updated SEI professional development or its equivalent, with high priority placed on teachers with ELLs currently in their classes. This ambitious undertaking will involve tens of thousands of educators at various stages in their careers as well as the organizations that prepare, support, and employ them. (DESE)
Strengthening teaching and learning for English language learners is central to closing the proficiency gap. Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners (RETELL) is a Department initiative to improve and support the academic achievement of English language learners in our Commonwealth. RETELL brings a systemic approach that combines professional development for Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) teachers designed to enable them to make rigorous content accessible to their English learners. Moreover, new curriculum standards and assessment for ELLs will undergird RETELL. RETELL will require that SEI teachers and the administrators who supervise them to complete updated SEI professional development or its equivalent, with high priority placed on teachers with ELLs currently in their classes. This ambitious undertaking will involve tens of thousands of educators at various stages in their careers as well as the organizations that prepare, support, and employ them. (DESE)
RETELL- What are the components?
How will RETELL impact me as an educator?